Hens party group killed in private plane crash from Dubai

A socialite bride-to-be and her closest friends have died when a private plane carrying their bachelorette party crashed.

Mina Basaran, 28, who is the daughter of wealthy Turkish businessman Huseyin Basaran, was on her hen weekend when the flight crashed in Iran yesterday, killing all 11 people on board, authorities have confirmed.

The plane had taken off from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates and was travelling to Istanbul when it plummeted into a mountainous region in heavy rain and burst into flames.

The plane was believed to be owned by her father’s company and carried Miss Basaran, seven of her friends and three crew members.

Just yesterday, before the tragedy occurred, Miss Basaran posted a photo of herself and seven smiling friends on her hens trip at a Dubai resort.

Since then, many users have posted their condolences since hearing the tragic news.

She also posted a photo three days ago of the plane on the tarmac carrying flowers, wearing a denim jacket reading "Mrs Bride" and the hashtag "#bettertogether".

The last videos posted to her account showed her enjoying a concert by the British pop star Rita Ora at a popular Dubai nightclub.

There was no further activity on her account after that.

Mina Basaran was due to marry businessman Murat Gezer on April 14. (Facebook) (Supplied)

Miss Basaran was due to marry businessman Murat Gezer on April 14 at Istanbul’s Cirali Palace.

She was also in line to run her father’s business, Basaran Investment Holding, which is active in the food, finance, energy, construction, tourism and travel industries.

Mina Towers - a large housing project in Istanbul - was named after Miss Basaran.

A spokesman for the country's emergency management organisation, Mojtaba Khaledi, told a website associated with state TV that local villagers had reached the site in the Zagros Mountains and “found only badly burned bodies and no survivors”.

He said DNA tests would be needed to identify those on board.

Villagers said they saw flames coming from the plane's engine before the crash, according to a report by Iran's state-run judiciary news agency Mizan.

The plane took off late yesterday afternoon and climbed to a cruising altitude of just over 35,000 feet.

This photo is being widely circulated online, however, 9NEWS is unable to confirm if it is the crash site at this stage. (Twitter) (TWITTER)A map showing where the plane crashed. (9News) (9news)

A little over an hour later, it rapidly gained altitude and then dropped drastically within minutes, according to FlightRadar24, a flight-tracking website.